July 19, 2006
Call for Cognos EP Project Best Practices
Joel Vander Weele wrote this in the early afternoon:
I am always looking for better ways to start implementations, because I firmly believe that the best way to finish successfully is to start successfully. I am looking for better ways to jumpstart Cognos EP projects. In particular,
I am interested in the following areas:
Techniques for the model design process.
- How do you structure the core team? What role does IT play in the implementation?
- How do you document the decisions made in a meeting? Flowcharts? Notes?
- How do you identify risks?
- How do you break a enterprise-wide comprehensive model into smaller components?
- Once the design is documented, how do you ensure development efforts follow design specifications?
Project Coordination
- How do you coordinate the work of multiple model builders?
- How do you design for better performance?
- What do your testing plans look like?
- Do you use Rapid Application Development techniques?
- How do you capture knowledge and Lessons learned?
Communcation and Organizational Change
- How do you train Contributor end users on the software, budgeting policies, and their specific models?
- How often do the models change? Do you offer continual training?
- How do you handle help desk activities?
I am putting together some whitepapers that cover all these topics…but I can always learn more from all the smart people out there…I will share these whitepapers with all of you!
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